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Earth Systems and Spatial Information Science Centre (ESSISC) |
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ESSISC is being established through a two year development period, 2008-2009 to
integrate the highly successful research an research training activities of: The
Centre for Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Science; The Joint Remote
Sensing Research Program; geomorphic, biogeographic, oceanographic,
climatological, and hydrological research in the School of Geography Planning
and Architecture.
AIM: To act as a leading international research and training centre for integrating physical geography and spatial information and analysis to understand and solve environmental monitoring management problems. Erath Systems Science is a geographic approach, integrating disciplines to understand the earth's environmental and human systems.
BACKGROUND:
Demand from all levels of government and the private sector for expertise in integrated environmental science, monitoring and management has increased dramatically. Addressing problems in these areasrequires explicit integration of the understanding of natural processes (atmospheric science, hydrology, geomorphology, biogeography) with tools to map, monitor and model them (spatial information science).
ESSISC is a logical integration of research capacity in spatial information science with the physical measurement of earth and atmospheric processes and their interaction.
The centre has been funded for the period 2008-2010 through the Faculty of
Engineering, Physical Sciences and Architecture; Office of the DVC Research; and
VC Strategic Initiative Funds.
As the centre's programs develop they will be
posted on this site
Professor Stuart Phinn